Patents by Inventor Scott Gerard

Scott Gerard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Distributed computation in untrusted computing environments using distractive computational units
    Publication number: 20050160288
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method initiate the execution of distractive computational units along with the execution of other computational units on an untrusted computer to inhibit the reconstitution of a computation by an untrusted party. In particular, along with partitioning a particular computation into a plurality of computational units, one or more distractive computational units are generated and supplied to one or more resource providers for execution along with those of the partitioned computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Scott Gerard